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March 14, 2013

Mini Almond Tarts

Hey there loves.

I'm taking a break from the St. Patty's Day fun to bring you a little delight (literally, little).

You guys know I'm a little obsessed with blogging challenges. I'm back for Sheryl's Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge, and this month is all about ALMOND PASTE and PASTRY DOUGH. My first reaction? What the? I had no clue what almond paste was, and I've never made homemade pastry dough or anything like that. But with a little guidance from Sheryl, I was able to easily find almond paste in my grocery store, and she assured me that some of my possible recipes qualified as dough since they had flour. Ok cool, I got this then.

And thus came my first experience using almond paste. Mine came in a can, and when I opened it, it smelled like dessert heaven. I knew that something that smelled so good must taste equally as good, so I had no worries.

Don't you just love mini things? I do. It means I can eat more of them and not feel as bad. And these Mini Almond Tarts I decided to make are the perfect size to pop in my mouth.

I made half the recipe, which yielded 2 dozen mini tarts. I was surprised at how much we liked it too! My neighbor caught me snapping pictures on my front porch, so I offered her one also and she too enjoyed it!

These look delicious! Glad to be a part of the ALmond Paste / Dough challenge with you!! :) - Claire (you may not be able to reply to this - it's a Blogger to Word Press issue.) :( But I love your entry - yum!

Ha! I can just envision you snapping pictures on your front porch. Sometimes I do mine out on my deck and I always think that my neighbors must think I'm crazy and wonder what I'm doing, the ones who don't know about my blog :) And I looove mini anything so these little tarts are making my heart pitter patter. Love the pairing of a little cherry with the almond tart. Lovely!